User blog comment:Zenki7/old post 12/@comment-30866120-20170225165422/@comment-27493717-20170225165943

Thank you for all these kind words.

I'm glad that I can live my dream, too. I can be a heroine, just like I always wanted.

Through the years, I have experienced many hardships and had to face real life early on. Back when I was little, I was confronted with poverty and how harsh things can be if you have to count every single coin.

Instead of becoming bitter and mean, I grew with the challenge. No matter how rough things got, my parents and my childhood heroes always encouraged me to go on and stay myself. While I got many enemies from this, I never let them drag me down. I went on, protecting the weak and allowing them to go ahead and become strong.

I became open minded, accepting and respecting others regardless of their race, religion, skin color, gender, whatever. My harsh life formed me into someone who others can look up to, someone who helps people with they problems by opening up, listening to them and encouraging them to go on regardless what happens.

Though there is one exception. I hate it when people bully others. Having been bullied for being myself in the past, I went and helped others who had been bullied and encouraged them to live on. While I nowadays understand that bullies are probably very troubled themselves, as they bully others to boost their own, very low, self-esteem, I couldn't forgive the bullies I met for a long time. In fact, I still hate them for what they did.

So, yes I am open minded and I accept and respect others the way they are, but I can't stand people who mistreat others just for the sake of bragging about how great they are.

I have heard of cases where people didn't take things so well and lashed out after being bullied, either becoming bullies themselves our just taking revenge for the injustice done to them.

So guys and girls. Don't bully others. Be yourself and accept and respect others the way they are. Even if you have different opinions, being different is fine, because a world where everyone would be the same would surely be boring.

And if someone makes you angry, just tell them, but stay respectful. Don't explode in anger or you will hurt the other person's feelings and might turn them into an enemy, because they just keep feeling hurt and will bear a grudge against you.

If you accidentally hurt someone and don't know why, just let them be and come back later. Then ask them with a calm and collected mind.

If you were rude to someone or hurt them, tell them you are sorry, but you must truly believe it. Just giving them a random sorry won't do, as it will just come over as disrespectful or making fun of them. People do notice whether you are honest with them or not.

A true hero also doesn't brag about their efforts. A true hero stays modest. Even if people aren't always thankful, we need heroes in our modern world.

Being a hero is about helping others with their problems and saving them and not about the rewards. The true rewards of being a hero are the warm feeling on the inside and knowing that you helped someone and improved their lives.

Every little heroic deed you do improves our world for the better. So, no matter how hopeless things are, don't give up! If everyone embraces live and opens up to others, I'm sure that we will improve things together and achieve a better future!

Thank you for reading this. I hope this did help some of you out there.

Original post by Semerone on 19:19 2017-01-05

Dear master Semerone,

this is a really deep comment you wrote there. I am sure you will reach the hearts of many people out there. It is just why both Zenki and I respect you, you pretty much listed everything in the comment above.

I still don't understand why some people hate heroes and heroines... You make the world a better place everyday. You really achieved your goal of becoming a true heroine.

But there has also been a saying: "True heroes go mostly unsung."

People will want to be like you, they will try to improve themselves and the world, but... Yeah, you deserve to be a Shugenja and go down in the history books. Not only as the world's first female Shugenja, but also as a real life heroine.

My kudos to you.

Original post by Goki2 on 19:28 2017-01-05

I agree with Goki. You really deserve being a Shugenja and a heroine to go down in the history books.

My kudos to you, too!

Original post by Zenki7 on 19:29 2017-01-05

The whole project I have been working on for the last two weeks in real life has been so stressful, but it's still not done. There are still the last finishing touches to be made and woah... I really need some rest, but I will be writing exams next week, so no break in sight... :(

Original post by Semerone on 16:44 2017-01-25